Sentence examples for walked a beat from inspiring English sources

Most patrolmen walked a beat, without a radio, communicating through a network of street-corner call boxes.

Detective John Montes, a Hispanic cop who walked a beat for two years before joining Sergeant Brogli's team, says his best informers here were black.

Although other former flatfoots have walked a beat and earned Harvard degrees -- former Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly, for one -- Dr. Reppetto is unusual in that "he puts things in historical context," Mr. Bratton said.

Mr. Zayas, the barrel-chested actor who plays a scheming cigarmaker in "Anna in the Tropics," walked a beat for the New York Police Department for 15 years before quitting to concentrate on performing.

Unable to find work in show business, he joined the Los Angeles Police Department and walked a beat for a year before becoming a partner in a theatrical press agency.

As long as officers have walked a beat, they have been treated to free cups of coffee, or the occasional free or discounted meal from restaurant owners eager, perhaps, to show gratitude or mindful that an increased police presence could deter would-be robbers.

A few police officers walk a beat.

One hardly ever sees N.O.P.D. officers walking a beat.

Writer walks a beat in a New York City slum neighborhood & explains that he likes working outdoors.

Sawyer walks a beat, as do 1 out of 8 uniformed police.

(Walking a beat in Queens, he rescued an elderly couple from an apartment fire).